About MLT |
Professor of Animal Science |
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| 114 Morrison Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-4801 |
Telephone: 607-592-2541 Email: mlt2@cornell.edu Fax: 607-255-9829 |
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Dr. Thonney grew up on an Eastern Washington dairy, livestock, and grain farm homesteaded by his great-grandfather in 1877 near Pullman. He is a graduate of Pullman High School and Washington State University with graduate degrees in nutrition from the University of Minnesota. He has been a professor at Cornell since 1975.
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Dr. Thonney is the leader of the Cornell Sheep Program, which evaluates and disseminates information on management, nutrition, health, selection, and marketing strategies for highly productive sheep systems.
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Dr. Thonney teaches courses in beef cattle and sheep management and conducts research in the molecular biology of muscle growth and in nutrition, health, and management of sheep.
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